Architecture Daily Blog – Great Buildings and Photography
I have been subscribing to the Arch Daily Blog for quite a while now, but they went way up in my good books today when they featured the Richmond Olympic Oval, the 2010 speed skating venue, including the photos I took for Cannon Design Architecture. Kudos to Arch Daily for featuring the amazing Richmond Oval today, on the opening day of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
Check out the Arch Daily blog post including photos by me, and other great photographers, and subscribe to their rss feed to get a little bit of architectural inspiration every day. If you’re lucky enough to be in town for the Olympics, go and check out this incredible building, or come and visit us in Vancouver after the 2010 craziness has subsided.
Really Behind the Scenes Photography by Taryn Simon
This TED video in an interesting perspective on "Behind the Scenes" photography. Taryn Simon spends most of her time trying to get permission, and access to photograph the places that you and I will never see. In this presentation, she shows and explains the photographs from some of her post 9-11 shoots.
Taryn strikes a emotional and provocative chord whit her images. What do we really know about the world around us?
In Bed With TED – Intro (to dispell confusion)
A while back I discovered the videos that are available on the TED website. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Since then its scope has become ever broader. Some of the worlds most inspirational speakers, and forward thinkers talk at the conference, and the TED website makes all of the videos available for anyone to view.
I regularly find inspiration and insight watching a TED talk. So much so that it has become a regular routine for me to snuggle in bed with my laptop and watch a few TED videos before I turn in. Be careful, it can be addictive. Of course, I always love the talks about photography, architecture and design, but there are so many other amazing topics, that I could follow non-stop. That’s why I subscribed to the TED video RSS feed. If you don’t have that much time, you can go to the "In Bed With TED" category, or subscribe to the feed for In Bed With TED, and check out my favorites!
I Hope you enjoy!
Photography, copyright, and 0169 – Huh?
With the widespread use of photography these days, especially online, it’s a good idea to mark you work with a copyright line to remind others that it’s not just free for the taking.
I always struggled with the finding the copyright symbol to make my copyright marks look pro. Once I figured it out though, it’s engrained, and as easy as remembering 0169.
I am probably on one of the few professional photographers who uses a PC instead of a Mac. It’s not shiny aluminum, but designed and built to order with power to spare (for about half the price). But, I don’t want to fuel the Mac vs. PC fire, so I’ll get to the point.
If you use a PC, try holding the "Alt" key, and typing 0169 (then let go of the "Alt" key genius) et voila a nice little © symbol pops up. It works in most programs, including Photoshop, and looks a lot more professional than the alternative bracket-C-bracket – (c). On some decorative fonts, it might appear as a box, because the font maker didn’t include it. If that happens, switch to a more common font just for the copyright symbol.
So, mark you work with a copyright, and look pro while doing it!
© © © © © © © © © © © © © © © © © © © © © © © © © © © © © © © ©
ps. For those of you with a shiny computer, try this: hold alt/option & press g.
